Aircraft toy bomber



F; A. BERG AIRCRAFT TOY BOMBER Filgd Dec. 13, 19:6 4 shuts-sheet -1 imder aciv ORNEY 1M 9,1930. -F.AQBERG 1,1 3,949

AIRCRAFT TOY BOMBER Filed Dec. 13, 1926 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 I A TTORNEY 1). 9,1930; I F, BERG 1,783,949

I AIRQRAFT TOY BOMBER I Filed Dec. 15 192 v 4Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTOR.

, ATTIORNEY Dec. 9, 1930.- F. A. BERG 1,733,949

- AIRCRAFT TOY BOMBER Filed Dec. 15, 1926 4 Shuts-51196114 Em a a1 54 J4 7a g v .s/

nected to and operates a longitudinally extending rotatably mounted shaft 36, the steer- Each of these planes supports a rotatable helicopter propeller ativ its. top',i these, -pro pellers being rotatable with dummy motors 52 mounted on shafts 54:, which intu'rnare' operated by a system of gears 56 controlled from a central shaft 58', whicheirtendshori zontally across themachine and is rotated by a pulley 60 mounted thereon, the said pulley being driven by a belt 62 which in turn is operated from a pulley 64 mountedto rotate in conjunction with pedals 66 provided for the feet' of the operator.

Thesepedals 66 are directlycounected to gear wheels .68 whichinturn are mounted upon a shaft 73 as'best shown inFigures 5 and 7 which in turn operate internal'pini-ons 30 70 mounted on shafts 72 which operatethe driving wheelsi'fli, the same being made to simulate landing gear wheels.

The gears 56 also operate horizontal forwardly and rearwardly extending shafts 76,

upon which they are rigidly attachedand which in turn propel motors 78 and driving propellers 80 both of which are mounted on shafts 76. The shafts 17 6 are suspended between the main planes 46 by means of supports 81. There are two of these motors 78 with their associated propellers '80, at each side of the machine, as shown in the drawings.

Additional driving. wheels, are provided as shown at 82, attached to the landing gear wheelsM in such a fashion that theymay-be removed if desired so as to acquaint the child with theoperation of removing and attaohi ng certain parts of the device. i

The empennage ;for the vehicle comprises ,one or more substantially horizontal tail plates or elevators 84: extending rearwardly and laterally from the main frame members 10, and also a plurality of vertical tail plates or rudders 86 at'the rear of the vehicle, which are fastened in position by means of suitable crossbars and braces 88. I a i The outer edges of the tail platesand also of the planes, and, in fact the outer edges of ring of any articles of fu -the vehicle might contact.

all portions of the fuselage, are provided with a suitable grooves or recesses in which are seicured vcables or members 90 of rubber, felt or the like, so as to preventscratchin .01 marrniture with which The rear steering mechanism or dolly is provided with a helical spring 92 mounted in a cylindrical housing 94 so as to provide for a resilient support of this member while at the same time allowing-of a fre'esteering 'movement, and the fuselage is provided with doors 96 oneither side, having windows 98 therein which may be moved upwardly or downwardly by means of handles 100 provided for this purpose in the interior of the compartment. A Ventilator is provided, as shown at 102, for the seat and top, and the same is additio'nally secured in-positi'on by means of V braces or brackets' lO6, as best shown in Figlt wil l be seenthat herein is provided a toy aircraft vehicle which will constitute a very interesting and instructive piece of apparatus for children of practically all ages and will acquaint the users-withthe main features of helicopter planes of this type, while at the TSame" time affording an article offgeneral mechanical interest andlvaluable educational features j i I am aware'that many changes maybe made and numerous details of construction varied throughout a wide range without departing fromthe principles of this invention, and I therefore vdo not purposelimiting the patent V granted hereon otherwise than as necessitated by the prior art.

' I claim as my invention:

'1. An aircraft' toy vehicle,comprising a body and means for seating a plurality of persons therein, and propellermeans for said vehicle adapted to be operated by one of said persons, and a concealed seat for a passenger 'in' the vehicle, said seat positioned beneath an opening in the fuselage'for' a removable gun mounting.

' 2. A toy aircraft vehicle, including driving wheelsin the form of landing gear, pinions for driving the wheels, internal gears associated with said pinions, pedals directly conioo nected withthe gears for rotating the same, a

pulley mounted betwenthe pedals, a series of i :dummy motors and propellers on thefplane,

and driving connections between the pulley and said motors and propellers.

3. An aircraft toy vehicle, comprising lwheels, and pedal means forimanually'operatingthesame, a plurality of plan es, radial engines and propellers on saidplanes rotating horizontally, radial engines "and propellers on said planes rotating vertically, and shaft and gear means for operating all of, said izo radial enginesandpropellers by the o pera- 7 tion of said manual operatingineans;

i l. An aircraft toy .vehiclefhaving supporting wheels, pedals for manually operating the same, a plurality, of superposed planes onithe vehicle, tractor propellers and radial 'engines, pusher propellers and radial' fengines, and helicopter l propellers and radial engines mounted on said planes, shaft and gear drive means for operating all of said propellers and 

